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The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration, ARD-FCTA, has officially suspended its three-day warning strike.
President of ARD-FCTA, Dr George Ebong, confirmed the development to DAILY POST on Wednesday.
According to him, the decision to suspend the industrial action followed an emergency virtual recess meeting held by members of the association.
The resolution comes in the wake of the FCTA’s reinstatement of previously dismissed health workers and the payment of a portion of their outstanding salaries.
Dr Ebong further disclosed that the administration had pledged to address the remaining unmet demands.
He commended the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, and his team for their intervention.
“We called off the warning strike after some of our demands were met. Most of our members have received their unpaid salaries and have been reinstated.
“We thank the FCT Health Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, mandate secretary, and Chidi Amadi, Chief of Staff to FCT Minister Wike, for their swift intervention,” he said.
Recall that the ARD-FCTA embarked on the strike on Tuesday, paralysing healthcare services across public hospitals in the nation’s capital.
On Wednesday, the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria, MDCAN, and two other unions joined the action in solidarity with the resident doctors.
In other news, It has become a big offense for any Optometrist working in Abia State civil service and government-owned medical institutions to divert patients to their private clinics.
This warning was given by the Administrator of the Abia State Eye Health Management Bureau, Dr Betty Emeka-Obasi at the maiden meeting of Optometrists in Abia State civil service.
She said that any doctor, discovered to be diverting patients, would be strictly sanctioned, adding that the administration of Governor Alex Otti established the Abia State Eye Health Management Bureau to achieve affordable, standardized and accessible eye-care services for every citizen across the State.
